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Finding the Salt Front

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss definitions of estuary, salinity, and the salt front. They listen as the teacher explains the Hudson River Miles and ways the upriver and downriver sections relate to the north and south. Students graph the salt front...
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Where Do Fish Live in the Hudson?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the environmental factors that influence where fish live and determine the makeup of fish communities in the Hudson. They interpret guided observations and measurements to assess patterns, sequences and relationships.
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Checking Subtraction with Addition and Writing Number Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students complete 12 subtraction problems which they check with addition. They solve 6 short mixed word problems and write a number sentence for each while solving it.
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Comparisons: Geography

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geography comparisons learning exercise, students read seven short descriptions of interesting places in the world. Using the ten words in the word bank, students fill in the blanks in the sentences.
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Settling America in 1640

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a presentation on life in colonial America in 1640. They compare early colonial life to the present and use software to write a story showcasing their research.
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Fraction King Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.
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VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx, Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare and contrast classical piano style with jazz piano style. They watch a segment of the video, "VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx," participate in a class discussion of the music from the video, and develop a list of adjectives for...
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A Fraction of the Cost

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils explore the concept of fractions with coin denominations. They play a game involving trading equal fraction parts to coin values, and complete a 'Fraction Circles' worksheet.
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Number Line Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a number line to practice subtraction.  In this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders use a number line to count backwards.  Students participate in mad math activities and solve problems.
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Piece of the Sky: Introduction for Making S'COOL Observations

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Learners observe and discuss cloud cover. They identify percent of cloud cover, calculate cloud cover by fraction and convert to a percent, and compare their models with the current real sky cloud cover.
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Multicultural Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the elements of a story using fairy tales from all over the world. They compare and contrast story elements, key ideas and concepts found in a variety of texts from around the world.
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Identifying trophic levels and the skeletal system through Owl Pellets

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify a food chain sequence. They compare, identify, and record the rodent skeletal parts to a rodent skeletal diagram. Students construct a rodent skeleton from the skeletal parts found in the pellet. They are given the...
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Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal To

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this comparing numbers instructional activity, students read a one page information text about the use of the <, >, or = symbols. Students place the correct symbol in 12 problems.
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Circles and Clocks, Shapes and Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners work in groups to research clocks and practice telling time. In this telling time lesson, students use the computer program ProQuest to study circles, including radius and diameter, and practice drawing circles using a compass....
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Visualize Your Future

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students visualize themselves as a grown person in response to questions asked by the teacher. After visualizing the future students should take 5 - 10 minutes to write down the answers to the Questions About My Dream.
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Place Value Partners

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these place value game worksheets, students pair with a partner and use the game boards to place number tiles on the place value strips that list place values from ones to millions. Students place the tiles and name the digit and...
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Coin Content

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate ancient Greek coin values as compared to their weight, and equivalence in grain. They then determine their worth today. They convert metric to U.S. customary weight systems.
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Exploring History Through Photographs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast photographs from the 1800s to those of 2003. In groups, they create drawings of how society has changed over time and use maps to locate local streets. Individually, they practice measuring the...
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The Language Garden

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore threats to minority languages. In this global studies lesson, students read an article about minority languages in the world. Students then complete tasks to show their comprehension of the article. The reading is not...
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Female Artists

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to excerpts from "History of Women Artists for Students" and discuss the artwork of three artists. They compare and contrast the styles of art and investigate a CD-Rom of famous artists.
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Food and You

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the types of foods they eat. They describe the different components and resources that go into making their favorite foods. They also compare the resources going into different foods and identify ones which are more...
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Robert Boyle's Informants

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review and discuss the importance of Boyle's informants and how he sometimes relied on information from those with experience of the wider world to substantiate his scientific theories. They complete the worksheet, answering...
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Melodic Variation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars participate in activities in which they apply various techniques of melodic variation. After reviewing sheet music for the song "Marianne", they compare lines 1 & 3, then 2 & 4 and discuss the variations in the...
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Mammals, Mammals--Everywhere!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the habitats of mammals and their physical characteristics. They research examples of mammals that must deal with daily changes in their habitat and how they cope with them. In small groups, students create a table...